New Look. Same Mission. #LeadWithIndependence #WeAreIndependence

Mandrills are exciting!

We should be investing in public schools that 90% of students attend, not funneling resources into vouchers. So we filed an amicus brief with The Executive Leadership Council, Southern Poverty Law Center, @NAACPKYSU, & Pastors for KY Children challenging the tuition tax credit/voucher program.  x.com/oliviakrauth/s…

In-person learning was always the goal. Jumping in without a plan would have been disastrous- so as any good teacher would do AFT made a plan to get kids back in-person as safely and quickly as possible. check the receipts: aft.org/our-community/…

The same Republicans on the House Covid subcommittee that are making false allegations that Randi Weingarten 🇺🇸 🖇️👩‍🎓📚 wanted to keep schools closed are the same people who are creating actual learning losses for kids that will be felt by generations by supporting book bans & curriculum bans.

If you didn't disagree then why are we here? Tax dollars wasted on the weirdest hearing ever. STAUnionHall 🍎 AFT NYSUT

In April 2020 we put out our first report on how to reopen schools. Thank you Rep. Jamie Raskin for pointing out that the GOP members on the committee are trying to scapegoat Randi Weingarten 🇺🇸 🖇️👩‍🎓📚.

.Randi Weingarten 🇺🇸 🖇️👩‍🎓📚: Our priorities were to open schools safely, to keep students & staff safe, and to get resources to do it. In Jan '21, 46% of schools were open for in-person instruction. Between the American Rescue Plan + the CDC and work done by AFT to nearly 97% in May '21

From Southern Poverty Law Center : Moms for Liberty is a well-funded extremist group that attacks LGBTQ people and tries to erase Black history. They have a media machine so they get press, but they don't represent most parents. x.com/splcenter/stat…

No, not a hate group at all 🙄

@joshcowenMSU Congratulations to Moms for Liberty for earning the Triple Crown: identified by PEN America for leading the book ban movement, @splcenterfor extremist activities, and HRC for contributing to a "national emergency" for LGBTQ+ people.

Have you researched the definition of liberty??? Can you correctly use liberty in a sentence that connects to your divisive work that seeks to destroy the fabric of this country? Anthony Nicodemo(he/him/his)🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🏀 Viri Pettersen Eric Rader

You don’t owe anyone else the right to bully you. Online, or in person. It doesn’t matter if you’re famous or if you’re a quiet kid in the back of the room just wanting a friend. Twitter replies aren’t a measure of debate. Or of democracy.

Seems like you are a bit touchy about being labeled as an extremist group.

This is awesome! Outside the #RepublicanDebate ParentsTogether Action is sharing what families want: Not hate, but love for all kids and all communities. #LoveNotHate" #GOPDebate

Parents trust teachers & know that our unions are there to advocate for real solutions. But politicians like Tim Scott and Chris Christie attack unions and try to divide parents from teachers. We are not giving in to that cheap shot. We’re going to keep working hand in hand with

See below - when Scott attacked teacher unions.

Vouchers are the education equivalent of predatory lending. Don't take lessons on fixing American education from billionaires who think fixing the American economy means cutting worker pay. Via AFT 👇 youtube.com/clip/UgkxqPuP3…

Vouchers are part of a Christian Nationalist agenda. One that prioritizes freedom for white Christian men like Trump, Vance, Sam Alito. And me. All of that is true. Watch the full clip. I stand by my demand for public policies that have a broader meaning of freedom.

For one CDC epidemiologist, the response to the #Ebola outbreak was personal. go.usa.gov/xxTEW via HHS.gov